After reading my previous post, and looking at my bank account, I decided that reviews may occur more seldom for the time being, or at least until I get my tax return. I want to start writing a new kind of post I'm going call "Highdeas." Highdeas are going to be different than babblings of a stoner, just because even one's high self is able to recognize complete nonsense.
I decided to experiment with my high thoughts and to see what concepts my high would arrive at. *Reminder here to remember to proofread this tomorrow* I thought a documentary would be a good experimental group, priming my consciousness for an interesting topic and hoping to really learn something.
-Tangent: Learning and memorizing are two different things. Memorizing is holding that information, action-less, like it's a simple idea. Learning, on the other hand, is using that information to change something, create something, or cause something to happen. For example, you either hold your hammer or you use your hammer, which builds the house? For knowing something for the sake of knowing something may be desirable and motivating, but also unproductive. It also appears to be the less beneficial option between the two. I look at it from this lens, holding knowledge is similar to waiting for something catastrophic to happen in order to use your tools, very reactive in nature. But, using your knowledge is like preparing for disaster to strike, as chaos is inevitable, and making your survival more likely; very proactive in nature.
This analogy shows that the concept of learning is the logical choice, in other words, something that will further our species' survival, while memorizing is not. This understanding brings me to a metaphorical crossroads, I could use it when understanding the education system, infrastructure, policy, etc. - End Tangent
Okay, back to the priming, I decided to watch a documentary about something that I was interested in and learn something new. So [insert mainstream streaming service here] called American Experience: The Eugenics Crusade, which fits into the topics I have been interested in recently.
*Checks Time* I paused the documentary at 2:56 min, I have no idea how long I have been writing and editing for.
I was listening to Throughline by NPR on Spotify earlier today, specifically an episode about how white supremacy was a central aspect to the early settlers' way of life. It's nothing new in the United States, so we just haven't learned our lesson, we haven't learned how to adapt and what is better for all of us. We need to change the conversation from memorizing an issue to learning to change an issue. This documentary seemed like a great next step.
Concepts like white supremacy and eugenics have been shown to hinder survival and the progression of society, in other words, it's better for the whole species to have a diverse population. I'm trying to discuss the moral aspect of it, because I don't know if that would work for everyone, I could simply say that concepts like white supremacy and eugenics are heinous and obscene, but some people have numbed their conscience and have become discriminatory. Maybe I might be able to appeal to their logical side, to wake them up?
It is hubris for people to believe they know what's best when it comes to nature and evolution, we are trying to play God, in a way. Concepts like eugenics use stupid-as-fuck qualities to decide what is more beneficial for society (i.e. skin color, eye color, height, sex, sexual orientation, etc.), when the real qualities that lead to the collapse of our societies are rigidness, authoritarianism, stagnation, close-mindedness, unaccepting, etc. Those don't benefit society, or the individual humans that society consists of.
It's so fucking frustrating because what I'm writing sounds like eugenics. I'm not saying that being more conservative in nature is "less than," I'm just saying it's not beneficial for the progression of society, it's really not beneficial for the people in the society either. It simply does not make sense.
I don't know where, but I saw this thing on the internet, paraphrased, it reads, "it's almost like they're so close, like they follow you and then they say something totally absurd at the end (i.e. race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.)". Sorry whoever first created that, I cannot credit you correctly, and I'm too high to try right now, I might get thrown off this Highdea train. This happens to people of the poor class, people of color, LGBTQIA+, women, etc.
SO came in and derailed my Highdea train, so I'll end on this, I highly recommend the American Experience: The Eugenics Crusade with a fresh bowl of Mint Cake. Please let me know your thoughts on the documentary in the comments if you watch it!
Wow! Reading this the night after makes me cringe a bit...well, now we know that this kind of Highdea train comes with Mint Cake.
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